Guard News - The National Guard

Disasters, COVID fail to stop Guard unit from deployment
July 23, 2021 — WASHINGTON – Soldiers with the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team overcame "several challenges of biblical proportions" to prepare and complete an 11-month deployment to the Middle East to support... MORE

South Carolina National Guard attends cyber boot camp
June 23, 2021 — CHARLESTON, S.C. - South Carolina National Guard Soldiers attended The Citadel Department of Defense Cyber Institute's inaugural National Guard Cyber Boot Camp June 7-18.Twenty-Eight South Carolina... MORE

National Guard, partners to conduct ORCA 21 CBRNE exercise
May 14, 2021 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Hundreds of National Guard Civil Support Team units from 11 states will participate in Exercise ORCA 2021 in Anchorage, Matanuska-Susitna Valley and Seward... MORE

Guardsmen excel in All Army Marksmanship Championships
March 23, 2021 — FORT BENNING, Ga. - Army and Air National Guardsmen from across the country traveled to Fort Benning to participate in the 2021 U.S. Army "All Army" Small Arms Championships March 14-20. The week-long... MORE

DC Guard leader sees great things for women in the military
March 1, 2021 — WASHINGTON – “I don’t write goals,” said U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Naconda Hinton. She laughed, leaning back from the desk. “In high school, I wanted to be a doctor. Things are always changing... MORE

South Carolina National Guard tops 250,000 COVID-19 tests
February 2, 2021 — COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina National Guard has conducted more than a quarter of a million COVID-19 tests at over 829 mobile testing sites since May 2.The more than 268,095 COVID-19 tests... MORE

Guard continues legacy with record inauguration support
January 21, 2021 — WASHINGTON – Specialist Ivan Sights conceded he was a little sleep-deprived in the days leading up to the 59th presidential inauguration Wednesday. "We had to be at the Capitol at 2 this morning,"... MORE

National Guard troops head to DC from as far away as Guam
January 17, 2021 — WASHINGTON – Thousands of National Guard troops arrived in the nation's capital from as far away as Guam to support authorities through the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration.Volunteers from the Guam... MORE

SCNG's 1,000 COVID-19 missions now include vaccinations
January 15, 2021 — COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina National Guard increased the number of COVID-19 vaccination sites to four the week of Jan. 11 with the addition of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)... MORE

South Carolina National Guard administers COVID-19 vaccine
January 8, 2021 — COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina National Guard vaccinated 76 Palmetto State citizens at the Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet on Jan. 7.This is the first time the South... MORE

Ohio National Guard forward observer is ARCENT NCO of Year
January 4, 2021 — COLUMBUS, Ohio – Readiness is a forward observer.Readiness is reading a curriculum map, studying the landscape, visualizing the terrain features and directing attention toward specific targets – as in... MORE

South Carolina National Guard conducts SUAS RAVEN training
December 2, 2020 — EASTOVER, S.C. – The South Carolina National Guard conducted the Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS), RAVEN, at McCrady Training Center Oct. 20-30 to train U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers to... MORE

Kentucky Guard participates in joint force HI RAIN mission
August 12, 2020 — LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Two M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launcher crews from 1st Battalion, 623rd Field Artillery, completed the joint force HIMARS rapid infiltration (HI RAIN)... MORE

SCNG hosts 1st virtual Basic Leadership Course
August 11, 2020 — EASTOVER, S.C. – The South Carolina National Guard hosted a virtual Basic Leadership Course (BLC) at the 218th Regional Training Institute (RTI) at McCrady Training Center in June 2020 to train Army... MORE

South Carolina National Guard tests mission-critical members
August 4, 2020 — MCENTIRE JOINT NATIONAL GUARD BASE, S.C. – Due to an innovative partnership with Lexington Medical Center, Airmen with the South Carolina Air National Guard's 169th Fighter Wing are being rapidly... MORE

SCNG medical technicians support COVID-19 response
June 11, 2020 — MCENTIRE JOINT NATIONAL GUARD BASE, S.C. – Two U.S. Air National Guard Airmen with the South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG) have been working on the leading edge of South Carolina’s medical... MORE

Nurses Week Spotlight: Capt. Eve Tanas, 30th ABCT, NC Guard
May 7, 2020 — UNDISCLOSED LOCATION – National Nurses Week began May 6 and ends May 12 – Florence Nightingale’s birthday. To recognize the work of nurses, the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team spotlights U.S. Army... MORE

South Carolina National Guard helps feed the needy
April 22, 2020 — COLUMBIA, S.C. – U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers with Joint Task Force 59 (JTF 59), South Carolina National Guard, are helping feed the needy and homeless at the Oliver Gospel.“We are excited to... MORE

SC National Guard helps search for alternate care sites
April 8, 2020 — COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina National Guard (SCNG) is helping the state increase available hospital beds to accommodate a potential surge in COVID-19 patients.U.S. Army Maj. Gen. R. Van... MORE

Alaska Air National Guard Airmen rescue injured hunter

Senegal soldiers observe JRTC training in Louisiana

Disasters, COVID fail to stop Guard unit from deployment

Hokanson thanks Guard members supporting wildfire fight

Vermont hosts SPP partner Senegal's national fire brigade